Several bales of hay being stored in a pole barn caught fire Wednesday morning on Hwy 35 S near Attala Rd. 1021.
The Attala County Fire Department responded to the blaze at 5:14 a.m. and began wetting down the bales of hay, eventually extinguishing the flames.
The cause of the fire may be from the hay going through a heat, a process where moisture and natural decomposition cause heat to build up inside the hay, causing the hay to self-ignite.
